Arnold is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 21,059 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Arnold is the 34th largest community in Missouri.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Arnold is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Arnold is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arnold who work in office and administrative support (12.87%), sales jobs (9.70%), and healthcare (7.35%). Also of interest is that Arnold has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.11% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. As is often the case in a small city, Arnold doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Arnold citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.02% of adults in Arnold have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Arnold in 2022 was $37,093, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,372 for a family of four. However, Arnold contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Arnold home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arnold residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Arnold include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Arnold is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Serbo-Croatian.
